New York City Marathon Fast Facts

Here's a look at the New York City Marathon.

November 5, 2023 - Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola sets a course record and wins the men's race. Kenya's Hellen Obiri wins the women's race.

November 6, 2022 - Kenyan runners sweep the New York City Marathon, with Evans Chebet winning the men's race and Sharon Lokedi winning the women's race. Lokedi is the eighth athlete in history to win in New York on her marathon debut.

The annual 26.2-mile marathon usually attracts more than 50,000 runners and 12,000 volunteers.

Over 2.5 million spectators line the course which goes through the city's five boroughs: Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan.

The race begins on Staten Island and ends in Central Park.

September 13, 1970 - The first New York City Marathon takes place with 127 runners (55 finished). The course consists of over four laps around Central Park. The first winner is Gary Muhrcke with a time of 2:31:38. He receives a recycled bowling trophy. There is no female finisher the first year.